Fourteen films from Asian, African and Latin American countries were selected in the competition section of IFFK-2008. The Famous African film maker Idrissa Ouedraogo chaired the jury and Lucia Murat, Sitora Alieva, Jabbar Patel, and Samira Makhmalbaf were the jury members........More

This section was exclusively reserved for notable Indian films of the present. Five films were screened under it in IFFK 2008. They were First Time, Little Zizou, Kanchivaram, Roots and Shortchanged..........More

In the Focus section of IFFK-2008, four films each of the Latim American Master Fernando Birri and the Malayalam film genius Bharathan of bygone decades, films of contemporary masters Karen Shakhnazarov, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Samira Makhmalbaf and Fatih Akin, recent films representing Russia, seven celluloid masterpieces of 50 years throwback, three celluloid symphonies and three wellknown soccer films were screened.......More

Seven important films representing the forte of contemporary Malayalam cinema were screened under this section of IFFk. They were, As the Story Unfolds, Beyond the wail, Gulmohar, Lucky Red Seeds, Laptop, Thalappavu and Screenplay.......More

A panaroma of the 54 films of different countries highlighting their cultures are screened under this section of IFFK 2008..........More

Seven masterful creations of the great french film director Alain Resnais and another seven wonderful celluloid works by Amos Gitai were screened under this section.........More

A seperate section for documentaries and shot fiction added to the strength and beauty of IFFK 2008. Fourteen short fiction works and 22 documentaries could be presented under this section......More

IFFK 2008 paid homage to some of the best film talents of the past, P N Menon, K T Muhamad, Bharath Gopi and Raghuvaran by screening their films in the homage section.........More

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